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NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
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<p text="C">ing behind but his longing also turns away on seeing
the Supreme."</p>
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C">He does not desire or crave for anything because
he has no ego, he is filled with Divine Love and he
feels therefore no want. Desire exists only so long as
the ego or the sense of separateness with its con-
comitant imperfection exists. When this state is tran-
scended, in Para Bhakti, all desires come to an end,
they find their fulfilment in the Lord. Compared to
the invaluable treasure of divine love, the wealth of
the three worlds appears to be a straw in the eyes of
the Bhakta; what to speak of motor cars, bungalows,
name, fame or other worldly possessions. The sum-
total of all the pleasures of the universe is like a drop
when compared to the ocean of Bliss; i.e., God, who
is the source of all these pleasures. Nothing tempts
the Bhakta who has attained His Love. As a man
who gets nectar to drink will not be tempted to drink
in a muddy pool of water, just as a man who gets a
bagful of sugar-candy will not hanker after black-
jaggery, so also a devotee who has got that Supreme
Bhakti will not hanker after anything whatsoever.
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<p text="C">Grief results from attachment and desire.
When the devotee does not desire for anything, not
even Liberation, will he grieve for the loss of any
possession? On the other hand, he will willingly re-
nounce everything, for the sake of attaining God and
His Love.
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<p text="C">When there is neither craving nor grief, there
can exist neither elation nor hatred-for these two
pairs follow each other. Hatred and sense-delight are
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<ignore>34
NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
<p text="C">ing behind but his longing also turns away on seeing
the Supreme."</p>
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he has no ego, he is filled with Divine Love and he
feels therefore no want. Desire exists only so long as
the ego or the sense of separateness with its con-
comitant imperfection exists. When this state is tran-
scended, in Para Bhakti, all desires come to an end,
they find their fulfilment in the Lord. Compared to
the invaluable treasure of divine love, the wealth of
the three worlds appears to be a straw in the eyes of
the Bhakta; what to speak of motor cars, bungalows,
name, fame or other worldly possessions. The sum-
total of all the pleasures of the universe is like a drop
when compared to the ocean of Bliss; i.e., God, who
is the source of all these pleasures. Nothing tempts
the Bhakta who has attained His Love. As a man
who gets nectar to drink will not be tempted to drink
in a muddy pool of water, just as a man who gets a
bagful of sugar-candy will not hanker after black-
jaggery, so also a devotee who has got that Supreme
Bhakti will not hanker after anything whatsoever.
<p text="C">Grief results from attachment and desire.
When the devotee does not desire for anything, not
even Liberation, will he grieve for the loss of any
possession? On the other hand, he will willingly re-
nounce everything, for the sake of attaining God and
His Love.
<p text="C">When there is neither craving nor grief, there
can exist neither elation nor hatred-for these two
pairs follow each other. Hatred and sense-delight are
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